Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:56:30 +0530 > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > Subject: [Leica] Lion-tailed Macaque > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > My trip to the rainforest was primarily to see the Lion-tailed > Macaque, a > monkey endemic to the rainforests of the Western Ghats mountain > range in > South India, and one of the rarest primates in the world, only an > estimated > 3000 or so survive in the wild. Why it ended up being called Lion- > tailed > instead of Lion-maned eludes me, because its silver gray mane is far > more > spectacular than its admittedly lion like tail. Luckily we got close > to a > troop, and they did not seem bothered in the least - this being the > monsoons, the weather and light was fairly miserable, and most shots > are at > ISO 800 and above: Hi Jayanand, Wish I could have been along! Your usual set up? The D300 and the 200 - 400 zoom with 1.7 Xtender on a bean bag? However done - they are lovely pictures with eyes in focus and great catch lights. Much cropping? Cheers Howard